Japanese video game veteran Sega has filed a trademark for 'Sega Sapporo Studio', which suggests the company is opening a new base in Hokkaido's capital city.
The trademark was filed on October 11th in Japan in both English and Japanese.
Sapporo is the largest Japanese city north of Tokyo and the largest city on the northern island of Hokkaido. Zoom (Zero Divide series) is also based in the city, while Hudson Soft was founded there in 1973. Konami – which purchased Hudson Soft – also had a studio in Sapporo at one point.
Sega's main HQ is located in Shinagawa, Tokyo.
[source gematsu.com]
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I just hope that the whole video games division is double-checked, improved and reduced/expanded if necessary. They have lots of people working but something seems to be wrong so first-party games are not as good as they could, lately... Well, for a very long time.
@thiz
The credits for Sonic Colors Ultimate has a surprising number of QA teams behind it.
That game was outsourced to Blind Squirrel Entertainment and they really did not do a good job.
@BlueOcean Yeah, I've felt SEGA have needed to raise their game for a very long time now.
@GrailUK They have IPs and funds most studios can only dream of, so likely they just need better organisation and different key people.
Gosh, it's been a hot sec since I've seen that Boom render, the Boom design sucks.
Interesting, if not exciting. My hope still lies with their third party contracts with “fan developers” as they continue to be the most reliable to channel the Sega of an era that has long past, but is not forgotten. At least not by the fans. Sega management not so much..
I miss their old Dreamcast era teams. Sega at their best.
@Clyde_Radcliffe Me too buddy me too
Oh hey, that's where I live! I didn't expect to be job-hunting any time soon, but here we go!
@Clyde_Radcliffe @WarioOfTheYear sheds tear
This is why we don't ever want Nintendo to ever go third party
I hope they release classic Saturn and Dreamcast games on the Nintendo Switch! Shining Force III, Panzer Dragoon II, Panzer Dragoon Saga, Daytona USA, and abd Skies of Arcadia would sell like hotcakes.
sighs i know this is a stretch but...new space channel 5 game coming soon?
When someone says colours ultimate has more glitches than 06, thats when you know they're full of ***** and bandwagon the popular opinion
@thiz That's factually incorrect as someone who has actually played both games a good amount. Unlike you lol
I don't get all the hate on these forums for Sega honestly. Other than Sonic Forces and Valkyria Revolution most of their recent games have been at least decent if not great. Not to mention they've started giving some of their ips to indie devs to made fantastic games like Streets of Rage 4.
@burninmylight Yup I agree. I would be terrified about what what happen to the Mario Franchise if they did that
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